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I have to agree with this notion. I'm sure they wanted to keep Eldritch Knight unique in that regard, but the option to weave your magic into your melee attacks has always been what defined the Bladesinger (at least as far as I'm concerned). War Magic accomplishes that nicely, much better than...

Its a basically a question of defense vs. offense. The Great Weapon Master feat IS fun, but not because you get to do anything super unique or cool...you just get to do more damage and swing a little bit more. Defensive isn't all that exciting either, but its pretty much always active no matter...

Actually I do like the character. I did contemplate character suicide earlier in the campaign, but although I WANTED to play something else, I also couldn't let go of my dear Ren. I enjoy the character and the current build, but its the future and how to level that has been tough to figure out...

I remember back in 3rd Edition when I was doing Living Greyhawk that I could not wait until I qualified for Bladesinger. Something about it was super alluring and I was in love with the idea. When I actually qualified for the class I ended up not taking it. During the journey to get there I had...

There might be 4 potential Actions for Reaction, but they are not all competing. -Attack my nearby teammate = Protection Fighting Style -Attack me and roll well = Warding Flare -Attack me and miss = Riposte -Attack me with Dex Save Attack = Shield Mastery -Standard AoO While they all use a...

Regarding the Ranger, you missed a good opportunity with the Petrification. Beat-for-beat, you could have had a moment of curing him just like between Simon and Jayne in Firefly (if you're familiar with that show). Basically, your Cleric can reiterate to the Ranger how he has wronged, belittled...

Wait...seriously? Is that legal?

Thanks for the advice. The past few posts have been good and have echoed a lot of what I've been going over in my head. One of the things I keep asking myself is, "What does Ren do, and how can I make him better at that?". Right now his major contribution is just making sure the casters don't...

Printing now! =D

Thematically, yeah its a hand that touches you. Mechanically though, its a ranged spell attack and no different than a Firebolt. The difference is that instead of the Firebolt streaking from your hand, nothing streaks from your hand, but it materializes were you are aiming...which might be...

Character death doesn't seem super strict in 5th Edition, at least to me. From a DM perspective, after the character has initially dropped and started bleeding out they have a minimum of 3 rounds on their own before death. That's a HUGE amount of time for someone to cast a healing spell, spare...

A Rock Gnome Monk seems like it would be the oddest one. I basically picture a little Yoda-like guy jumping and leaping around...and it just looks weird in my head.

If it were my game, I'd remove all the combat effects from the Ghost including Frightful Presence and Possession. I would keep the incorporeal though, even though it might be abused by constantly phasing through walls and looking around. I would probably counteract that by saying that the Ghost...

At 2nd level he allowed a blanket "respec" for everyone since we were all new and learning the system. So that is where the initial "fix" came in. I would assume he's not for switching back to the Paladin because I've already swapped once and doesn't want to set a precedent where people are...

I was seduced with the idea of throwing Fireballs, so the Light domain blinded me (pun intended) to other options. I really should have gone War. But yeah, I asked about that idea and he didn't seem keen on it. To be fair I have been using the Warding Flare ability regularly and have avoided...

I second the idea for any magic item that increases your base stat. Since you get it at level 1 you *could* dump that stat to be better elsewhere. Also, I strongly (also) recommend the Ring of Spell Storing. Just a reminder that you don't HAVE to be a caster to unleash the spells, so you can...

You could check with your DM and see if he will allow you to use your Shield as an Improvised Weapon, and if so each round you could choose to either attack with it or use the Shield Mastery feat to Shove. That would give you the flexibility to choose each round whether to provide a status...

I had a thread before the great purge that had died off and I think its time to cast ressurection on it. The short version is, how should I level my character? The longer version is below. When my friends and I started back playing D&D about a year and half ago we were all new to 5th Ed...

As someone who uses Shield Mastery, I appreciate your concern about it. Its definitely prioritized as THE thing to do with my bonus action. There is one drawback to the knockdown feature though, ranged attacks are at Disadvantage. So depending on your group and the attack order, knocking the...

Based on what you wrote, I'm picturing your character being someone like Mickey from Snatch. In that regard, I think the character would REALLY benefit from focusing on the Swashbuckler Rogue. It captures a lot of the feeling of that street fighter nature, especially with being able to Sneak...